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The government of Maharashtra -- the biggest hotspot of coronavirus in the country with more than 90,000 cases -- has emphatically denied all reports of a community transmission. "I don't believe there is community spread. This is the assumption in my state," state health minister Rajesh Tope said in the backdrop of concerns about community spread in Delhi.

A boy was stabbed to death and his brother was injured in a fight in Azadpur area of the national capital, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday. Three persons, including two minors, have been detained in the matter.

Delhi, a city of 16 million people, is set to be the latest city overwhelmed by Covid-19, and the worst may be yet to come. The Defence Ministry has closed its doors, its top bureaucrat is in quarantine, while a senior Finance Ministry official and the government's top spokesman have the coronavirus. Authorities have requisitioned more hotels and community centres to be used as Covid-19 wards, while bodies are piling up in hospital morgues and crematoriums.

A day after the Delhi government said half the coronavirus cases in the capital cannot be traced to any source, the centre asserted there is no community transmission and raised doubts about contact tracing in Delhi.

Delhi's Jama Masjid may have to be closed again in view of the "deteriorating" situation in the city due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the mosque's Shahi Imam Syed Ahmed Bukhari said today.

On a day when restaurants re-opened in the city after over two months in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown, police arrested four people for allegedly violating social distancing norms by organising a birthday party at a restaurant in west Delhi's Rajouri Garden, officials said on Tuesday.

The death count due to coronavirus in India rose to 7,466 and the cases mounted to 2,66,598 on Tuesday. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said India is better positioned in the fight against COVID-19 compared to other countries but there is no space for complacency.

With Delhi struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases, the Aam Aadmi Party government on Tuesday said it has decided to increase beds in 22 private hospitals by more than double. These include hospitals like Apollo, Batra, Fortis, Max, BL Kapoor, Maharaja Agrasen and Venkateswara. These hospitals currently have 1,441 beds for COVID-19, but will now be increased to 3,456.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought response of the AAP government on the parole plea of Vishal Yadav, who is serving life term for killing business executive Nitish Katara in 2002.

Three men have been arrested days after a 30-year-old pilot of a private airlines was allegedly assaulted and robbed at gunpoint on IIT flyover in southwest Delhi, police on Tuesday.

Liquor in Delhi will be cheaper from Wednesday when the AAP government's decision to withdrew 70 per cent "Special Corona Fee" on its sale come into effect.

In the wake of several minor earthquakes in and around the national capital in since April, the Delhi High Court asked the AAP government and civic authorities on Tuesday as to how well prepared they are if a major tremor hits the city.

A 59-year-old sub-inspector of Delhi Police died on Tuesday due to coronavirus, officials said. The sub-inspector who died has been identified as Karambeer. He was posted in northeast district, they said.

A Delhi government panel has suggested using Pragati Maidan, Talkatora Indoor Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium and JLN Stadium as makeshift COVID-19 facilities to deal with the surge in the number of cases in the national capital, an official said Tuesday.

The BJP on Tuesday accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of doing politics over the L-G Anil Baijal's decision to overrule its stand that Delhi government hospitals will be reserved only for city residents.

After being allegedly refused treatment and even a coronavirus test by at least five hospitals in Delhi, a man with all symptoms of COVID-19, including high fever, was forced to travel 800km to Bhopal where he died the day after his arrival.

The latest chargesheet filed in connection with the Delhi riots has made no mention of incendiary speeches by BJP leaders and laid the blame squarely on those protesting against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act or CAA at the time.

Delhi will have 5.5 lakh coronavirus cases by July 31 based on the current doubling rate of the infection, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today, predicting a huge demand for hospital beds a day after his government's decision to reserve beds for residents was cancelled by the Lieutenant Governor.

A day after overruling two key decisions of the Arvind Kejriwal government, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has called an "all-party meeting" to discuss the coronavirus situation in the capital.

Coronavirus situation could have been better in the national capital had the centre stopped international flights on time, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday.

The Delhi High Court Monday said its division bench will hear next week a PIL seeking CBI probe into alleged massive misappropriation of funds of Rs 3,200 crore meant for migrant and construction workers in the national capital.

The body of an unidentified woman was recovered from a place in front of a hotel in Northeast Delhi's Shastri Park area on Monday, police said.

Arvind Kejriwal has gone into self-quarantine and will take a coronavirus test after complaints of mild fever and a sore throat, Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said today. The Chief Minister has cancelled all his meetings.

One of the girls who had shared screenshots of chats from Instagram group "Bois Locker Room" alleged that she was receiving threats and offensive messages on social media, following which the Delhi Police's Cyber Cell registered an FIR, officials said on Monday.

Hospitals run by the Delhi government and some private hospitals will be reserved only for residents of the national capital, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said, amid a huge controversy over availability of beds. At the same time, he said that Delhi will unseal its borders, which were sealed in the first place "thinking that our hospitals will be flooded with people from other states".